9-letter words containing u, a
- affixture — an affixing or being affixed
- affluence — Affluence is the state of having a lot of money or a high standard of living.
- affluency — affluence (def 2).
- affluents — Plural form of affluent.
- affluenza — the guilt or lack of motivation experienced by people who have made or inherited large amounts of money
- affluxion — a streaming or flowing towards something
- after you — please go, enter, etc, before me
- after-run — the continued running of an internal-combustion engine after the ignition is switched off: Heavy carbon buildup can cause annoying engine after-run.
- age group — An age group is the people in a place or organization who were born during a particular period of time, for example all the people aged between 18 and 25.
- age-group — persons of approximately the same age and often of the same sex, nationality, educational or social background, etc.
- agincourt — a battle fought in 1415 near the village of Azincourt, N France: a decisive victory for English longbowmen under Henry V over French forces vastly superior in number
- agnathous — (esp of lampreys and hagfishes) lacking jaws
- agnus dei — the figure of a lamb bearing a cross or banner, emblematic of Christ
- aguadilla — a seaport in NW Puerto Rico.
- aguinaldo — Emilio [e-mee-lyaw] /ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1964, Filipino leader during the Spanish-American war: opposed to U.S. occupation.
- agustin i — Itúrbide, Agustín de.
- ahasuerus — a king of ancient Persia and husband of Esther, generally identified with Xerxes
- ahungered — very hungry.
- ailanthus — an E Asian simaroubaceous deciduous tree, Ailanthus altissima, planted in Europe and North America, having pinnate leaves, small greenish flowers, and winged fruits
- air gauge — a gauge for measuring air pressure.
- air route — a designated route for aircraft flying between particular ground locations at specified minimum altitudes.
- air scout — a scout belonging to a scout troop that specializes in flying, gliding, etc
- air-bound — stopped up by air.
- airbursts — Plural form of airburst.
- akoluthos — the title of a commander of a regiment in the Byzantine Varangian Guard
- akutagawa — Ryunosuke [ryoo-naw-soo-ke] /ryʊˈnɔ sʊˌkɛ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1927, Japanese short-story writer and essayist.
- al-fustat — a city in N Egypt, near the modern city of Cairo, founded in the 7th century a.d.
- alappuzha — a port in SW Kerala, in S India, on the Arabian Sea.
- albucasis — Abu al-Qāsim
- albuginea — (anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
- alburnous — relating to alburnum
- albuterol — a bronchodilator used by sufferers of asthma, emphysema, and other lung conditions, to treat symptoms such as wheezing or shortness of breath
- alcathous — a son of Pelops and Hippodamia who married Euachme and became king of Megara.
- alcyoneus — a giant who threw a stone at Hercules and was killed when Hercules hit the stone back with his club.
- aldeburgh — a small resort in SE England, in Suffolk: site of an annual music festival established in 1948 by Benjamin Britten. Pop: 2654 (2001)
- alehouses — Plural form of alehouse.
- aleuronic — related to the aleurone layer
- alexius i — (Alexius Comnenus) 1048-1118; emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1081-1118)
- algonquin — a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers in Canada
- aliquippa — a borough in W Pennsylvania.
- aliquoted — Divided into, or distributed in aliquots.
- all found — with everything provided, such as food, electricity, heating and laundry, at no additional cost
- all fours — both the arms and legs of a person or all the legs of a quadruped (esp in the phrase on all fours)
- all-round — An all-round person is good at a lot of different skills, academic subjects, or sports.
- alleluias — Plural form of alleluia.
- allmouths — Plural form of allmouth.
- allthough — Obsolete form of although.
- allusions — Plural form of allusion.
- almshouse — Almshouses are houses in Britain which were built and run by charities to provide accommodation for poor or old people who could not afford to pay rent.
- alphonsus — a crater in the SE quadrant of the moon, about 112 km in diameter, in which volcanic activity may have occurred